Dan Cruickshank and the Family That Built Gothic Britain

As good as any Dickens novel, this is the triumphant and tragic story of the greatest architectural dynasty of the 19th century. Dan Cruickshank charts the rise of Sir George Gilbert Scott to the very heights of success, the fall of his son George Junior and the rise again of his grandson Giles It is a story of architects bent on a mission to rebuild Britain. From the romantic heights of the Midland Hotel at St Pancras station to the modern image of Bankside power station.

Category

Drama documentary / Documentary / History / Special

Original air date

21/10/2014